Alice has fallen into the world of Wonderland again in the middle school production of Alice in Wonderland. The story begins with Alice (Katrina Heil) being chastised by her sister Mathilda (Riley Baldwin) for being too imaginative. Later this leads to Alice “falling” into Wonderland and meeting all of the crazy characters that come along with it. She finds magic cookies saying “Eat Me” and bottles saying “Drink Me” throughout the story that change her size which creates the characters of tall (Kendall Frear) and small (Christine Tfaye) Alice. Though it is only an hour long, it encompasses most of the original novel by Lewis Carroll. There are many memorable characters in Alice in Wonderland, but the parts that were played well were the Cheshire Cats (Kate Piatti, Nora Vartanian, and Emily Neppl), the Caterpillar (Gillian Gonzales), the White Rabbit (Antonio Antunez), and the Queen of Hearts (Melanie Kisler).The Cheshire Cats provided much comedy and explained the story as it went along. Every time they spoke, the crowd seemed to be waiting for something interesting or funny to be said. Each line was delivered very well and had everyone laughing in their seats.

The cast performs

The White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts are very outrageous characters to play, so it was great to see them put to justice. The Queen was constantly carrying an angry expression and yelling “Of With Their Heads” in a very character-like way. The White Rabbit was also very character-like in that he was jumpy and quickened the show.

------------------------------------Read Also: Wickedly Good by Angel Fisk-------------------------------------------- The set of the show was changed every scene and looked very interesting. This was especially true during the “Unbirthday Song” in which the cast sang as they kicked people outof the party (including Tall Alice in the end).

The best ensemble of the show was all of the flowers. They were constantly rude and conceited. It made for an interesting scene. Though there were a few dropped lines here or there, it was an overall good ensemble.

The music was phenomenal. The “pit”, as it is called, included Alex Piatti on the bass, Erik Przytulski on the piano, and Alex Lee on drums. They were consistently on beat and added to that feeling of actually being in Wonderland.

Overall, it was a good middle school production with a few minor setbacks being line drops and a single technical malfunction. Some of the most memorable characters were portrayed beautifully and made the show what it is—wonderful.